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A couple years back I was involved in an epic shoot for @natgeo #OneStrangeRock - filming a Sami reindeer herder and his family during their annual migration north to the Arctic tundra. On an age old ecological tradition, their migration follows the weather and is dictated by the accessibility of food for his reindeer. Here’s our hero - Isak Mattis, digging down through the deep snowpack to check on this most crucial of fauna. Though their methods have evolved over the years with the addition of snowmobiles, modern fabrics and freeze resistant lasso’s, it’s always a privilege to work with truly nomadic people keeping their way of life and their culture alive in a modern and ever changing world.